Cadaba | |
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Cadaba fruticosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Capparaceae |
Genus: | Cadaba Forssk. |
Species | |
About 30, see text |
Cadaba is a genus of shrubs in family Capparaceae. There are about 30 species.[1] Some species are classified as famine food in southern Ethiopia.[2]
Species include
- Cadaba aphylla
- Cadaba farinosa
- Cadaba fruticosa
- Cadaba glandulosa
- Cadaba insularis
- Cadaba kirkii
- Cadaba natalensis
- Cadaba termitaria
References
- ^ PlantzAfrica: Cadaba aphylla
- ^ Yves Guinand and Dechassa Lemessa, "Wild-Food Plants in Southern Ethiopia: Reflections on the role of 'famine-foods' at a time of drought" UN-OCHA Report, March 2000 (accessed 15 January 2009)
External links
- GRIN Species List
- Cadaba of Zimbabwe
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Cadaba". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.